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INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC
ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR FESTIVAL
CELEBRATING 80TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE BIRTH OF LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Two-week Event in April 1999 to Offer Music; Historic Films of Bernstein Performances;
Panel Discussions with Prominent Scholars, Biographers and Musicians; And An Archival Exhibit
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Indiana University School of Music has announced that it will honor the late Leonard Bernstein with a musical celebration in April 1999.
The festival, "Leonard Bernstein: An 80th Anniversary Celebration," will examine the legacy of America's greatest musical icon through concerts of his music, lectures, panel discussions and films, and an archival exhibit of Bernstein photographs and memorabilia. It will be presented in cooperation with Amberson Inc., a New York-based company founded in 1958 by Bernstein to administer his professional life. The company continues today to care for the musical legacy of the Maestro.
The festival will begin on April 7 and will continue with daily events through April 18. It will officially conclude April 24 with the last of several performances of Bernstein's Mass by the IU Opera Theater, and his musical, On the Town, by the University Theatre.
Musical performances will include the premiere of Bernstein's Brecht Songs and the premiere of David Mallamud's orchestral work Drip, which was the winning entry in the recent IU-sponsored Leonard Bernstein Young Composers Competition.
"We are delighted with the opportunity to commemorate the life and music of Leonard Bernstein, and to celebrate the inestimable impact he had on generations of audiences in America and the world -- an impact which continues to this day," said David G. Woods, dean of the School of Music. "Indiana is both proud and fortunate that we have been able to plan this significant event, and we are indebted to the Leonard Bernstein family and Amberson Inc. for their partnership with us and their strong support."
"Just as Leonard Bernstein was moved and inspired by the wonderful students and faculty in Bloomington," said Harry J. Kraut, general manager of the Bernstein Estate, "all of us who will come to Bloomington in April expect to have our professional batteries charged, and to learn a great deal about the meaning of the Maestro's legacy left in our care. We're most thankful that IU has chosen to present this commemoration, and that they have the artistic resources to do so in such fine style."
The competition and the festival are a continuation of the strong friendship between the Bernstein Estate and the IU School of Music, which was established in the 1970s with IU's production of Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti. In early 1982, Bernstein resided in Bloomington and visited with students while working on his last opera, A Quiet Place. For his 70th birthday celebration at Tanglewood, he asked that IU perform his Mass. After the composer's death in 1990, IU revived his 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue at Washington's Kennedy Center, at the request of the Bernstein Estate.
A number of noted musicians and personalities are scheduled to participate in IU's Bernstein celebration. They include Martina Arroyo, Jamie Bernstein Thomas, Humphrey Burton, Betty Comden, Lukas Foss, Adolph Green, James King, Carol Lawrence and Carlos Moseley.
A complete list of events is enclosed. All compositions listed are Bernstein's, unless otherwise noted. Ticketed events include, but are not limited to, performances of Mass (single tickets: $15, $16, $20 and $25) and On The Town (single tickets: $11). To purchase tickets on-line, visit the IU School of Music Web site at http://www.music.indiana.edu and click on the TicketMaster link. To charge tickets by phone, call 812-333-9955. For more information about Amberson Inc., visit its Web site at http://www.leonardbernstein.com
For more information about the festival, contact Maria Talbert, assistant director of communications for the School of Music, 812-856-5719, mtalbert@indiana.edu or Arizeder Urreiztieta, director of communications, 812-855-9846, aurreizt@indiana.edu
LEONARD BERNSTEIN: AN 80TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Indiana University School of Music, Bloomington, Ind.
Wednesday, April 7
8:00 p.m. Concert: Philharmonic Orchestra, Musical Arts Center. David Effron, conductor.
Overture to Candide
Symphony #1, "Jeremiah"
Symphony #2, "Age of Anxiety," soloist to be announced
David Mallamud's Drip (premiere performance: winner of Leonard Bernstein Young
Composers Competition)
Thursday, April 8
5-7:30 p.m. Film: Bernstein conducts Candide, Parsifal Room, Musical Arts Center.
7:00 Program: "Lukas Foss in Conversation with Eugene O'Brien," Sweeney Hall.
8:00 Orchestra/Choral Concert, Musical Arts Center. Michael Barrett, conductor. Performers to
be announced.
Chichester Psalms
Other selections to be announced
Friday, April 9
2-4:30 p.m. Panel discussion: "Young People's Concerts," Sweeney Hall. Estelle Jorgensen, moderator;
Carlos Moseley, Roger Englander, Polly Kahn and Jack Gottlieb, panelists.
6:30-7:30 Film: Young People's Concerts, Parsifal Room, Musical Arts Center.
8:00 Concert: "Songs with Piano," Auer Hall. Michael Barrett and Charles H. Webb, pianists.
Arias and Barcarolles
Songfest
Saturday, April 10
10:00 a.m. -
12:30 p.m. Film: Bernstein conducts Copland's Symphony No. 3 and Mahler's Symphony No. 1, "Titan,"
Parsifal Room, Musical Arts Center
8:00 Concert: Musical Arts Center. Michael Morgan, conductor. Performers to be announced.
Trouble in Tahiti
Other selections to be announced
Sunday, April 11
1-4 p.m. Panel Discussion: "Bernstein the Teacher," Sweeney Hall. David G. Woods, moderator;
Michael Morgan, Michael Barrett and Craig Urquhart, panelists.
5:00-7:30 Film: Bernstein conducts Haydn's Symphony No. 92 and the Verdi Requiem, Parsifal Room,
Musical Arts Center
Monday, April 12
4-6:30 p.m. Film: Bernstein conducts Gershwin's An American in Paris and Rhapsody in Blue, and
Mahler's Symphony No. 2, Parsifal Room, Musical Arts Center
6:30-7:30 Lecture by Jeffrey Magee: "Outtakes," Auer Hall
8:00 Concert: "Bernstein on Broadway," Auer Hall. Charles H. Webb, piano; soloists to be
announced
On The Town: Opening, "Lonely Me," "Lonely Town," "I Can Cook Too"
Wonderful Town: "Ohio," "Story of My Life," "100 Easy Ways"
Candide: "Best of All Possible," "Words, Words, Words," "Nothing More Than This,"
"We Are Women," "Glitter and Be Gay"
West Side Story: "Maria," "Like Everybody Else," "Tonight"
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: "Seena," "Take Care of This House"
Tuesday, April 13
4-6:30 p.m. Film: Bernstein conducts Schumann's Symphony No. 4 and Mahler's Symphony No. 3,
Parsifal Room, Musical Arts Center
8:00 Concert: Chamber Ensemble, Auer Hall. Jamie Bernstein Thomas, narrator; Michael
Barrett, piano; student vocalists to be announced
Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
Brecht Songs (premiere performance)
Wednesday, April 14
4-6:30 p.m. Film: Bernstein conducts Ives' Symphony No. 2 and Mahler's Symphony No. 4, Parsifal
Room, Musical Arts Center
6:30-7:30 Program: "Harry Kraut in Conversation with Charles H. Webb: Managing Bernstein,"
location to be announced
8:00 Lecture by Carol Lawrence, "A Love Letter to Lenny," location to be announced
Thursday, April 15
4-6:30 p.m. Film: Bernstein conducts Brahms' Symphony No. 1 and Mahler's Symphony No. 5, Parsifal
Room, Musical Arts Center
6:30-7:30 Lecture by Humphrey Burton, Auer Hall
8:00 Concert of Piano Music, Auer Hall. Members of the IU piano faculty and students to be
announced
Piano Sonata
Seven Anniversaries
Four Anniversaries
Five Anniversaries
Touches
Thirteen Anniversaries
Copland's El Salon Mexico
Friday, April 16
1-4 p.m. Panel Discussion: "Producing a Bernstein Biography," Ford Hall. Malcolm Brown,
moderator; Susan Lacy, Humphrey Burton, Joan Peyser and Peter Rosen, panelists
6:30-7:30 Lecture by Stephen Schwartz, "Collaborating with Bernstein," Sweeney Hall
8:00 Mass by IU Opera Theater, Musical Arts Center (opening night)
8:00 On The Town by University Theatre, Theatre Building Mainstage (opening night)
Saturday, April 17
9:30 a.m.-
Noon Film: Bernstein conducts Mahler's Symphony No. 8, "Symphony of a Thousand," and
Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, Parsifal Room, Musical Arts Center
1:30-3:30 Panel Discussion: "Views of Bernstein from the Critical Community," Sweeney Hall. A.
Peter Brown, moderator; Mark Swed, John Rockwell, John Ardoin, Norman Pellegrini
and Franz Endler, panelists
4:30 Program: "Betty Comden and Adolph Green in Conversation with Jeffrey Magee,"
Auer Hall.
8:00 Mass by IU Opera Theater, Musical Arts Center
8:00 On The Town by University Theater, Theatre Building Mainstage
Sunday, April 18
2-4 p.m. Panel Discussion: "Singing and Playing for Bernstein," Sweeney Hall. Peter Jacobi,
moderator; Martina Arroyo, James King, Kim Walker and Ranier DeIntinis, panelists
4:00-6:00 Film: Bernstein conducts Harris' Symphony No. 3 and the Berlioz Requiem, Parsifal Room,
Musical Arts Center
8:00 On The Town by University Theater, Theatre Building Mainstage (continues through
April 24)
8:00 Chamber Music Concert, Auer Hall. Performers to be announced.
Mixed Doubles
Piano Trio
Three Meditations from Mass for Cello and Piano
Clarinet Sonata
Brass Music
Fanfares
Shivaree
West Side Story Suite
Friday, April 23, and Saturday, April 24
8:00 p.m. Mass by IU Opera Theater, Musical Arts Center